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Re: From Passover to easter.

Originally Posted by Br. Barnabas

Yes the Council of Nicea said that Easter should be done on Sunday. That has nothing to do with when Passover was to be celebrated and when Jesus said that Passover or Easter should be celebrated. Some Christians were in the habit as you quoted in the post at 1:42 that some people were keeping an Easter celebration on any day of the week at the end of the Passover. However, what we find in the NT and after Nicea is that Easter should be celebrated on a Sunday, because it is the day Christ rose from the dead and why we go to church on Sunday to celebrate the Resurrection. Yet again, this has nothing to do with what the Roman Catholic Church did because they were not the only ones at the Council of Nicea, in fact the Bishop of Rome was not present at the Council of Nicea he was too sick to make it, but sent representatives in his place. But also bishops from the East, North Africa, Asia Minor, Gaul, and other area with bishops were present at the Council and they call found that the Pascha feast should be celebrated on Sunday not just any day of the week. This is truly the one holy catholic and apostolic church at work, which is why it is called an ecumenical council because everyone was there and had a say. They prayed about this issue and searched the Scriptures and found it to be better to have it on Sunday than on whatever day of the week it feel on that year.

All your [] comments don't really add much to the arguement but I would say take away from the arguement because you show that you don't really understand what is going on. Such as where is their Christological authorization, they are the bishops of the church the disciples of the Apostles they have the authority from Christ and the Apostles to bind and loose, in accordance with Matthew 18:18.

And where did you get your sources?

The majority of the catholic encyclopedia, but I am noticing anything said negatively against "the church" is denied leaving one not wanting to dialogue with a catholic.

If Satan can keep us busy swinging our swords at one another, there is no hope of a united attack on the kingdom of darkness. KJV, NIV, ESV or ABCDEFG; there is no time to bicker over such things. We'll devour each other if allowed to continue. We should grab the marching orders written in the way we best understand and get to work.Andrew_no_one​

Re: From Passover to easter.

Originally Posted by RabbiKnife

I don't care what people do for their religious jollies, unless they think that in some way that doing or keeping anything either (a) gets them brownie points with Jesus, (b) makes them feel more holy than their brothers and sisters that don't play the same game, or (c) is perceived by them to be a "work of grace."

Re: From Passover to easter.

Originally Posted by watchinginawe

In the following, reading in context, is Paul licensing the keeping of passover as a Christian rite? If so, how does he suggest us to keep it? Personally, in context, I don't believe he is suggesting for Christians to keep passover. ( This is actually a great passage to use as an example of how context is so very important in reading the Bible and more importantly in discerning doctrine.)

I Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Just for the record. Lev. 23:5,6 In the fourteenth [day](The day Christ died) of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast (1 Cor. 5:8) of unleavened bread unto the LORD:

I think what is a good question is in verse 7, 1 Cor. 5 how is it that they are unleavened? Also why did the feast of unleavened bread last seven days, This I don't know?

Re: From Passover to easter.

Originally Posted by RabbiKnife

I would keep passover, but sacrificing LambChops every year just gets the kids all upset, and the neighbors really don't like all that painting the lintels and doorposts with blood thing, and eating with my coat on and my walking stick in my hand,...

Re: From Passover to easter.

I truly believe the Lord's Supper is the passover yet am undecided about when or how often but lean toward a yearly memorial as given by God but am not sure who knows when the 14th day of the first month is. Do all Jews keep the same day as the 14th?

Re: From Passover to easter.

Originally Posted by percho

I truly believe the Lord's Supper is the passover yet am undecided about when or how often but lean toward a yearly memorial as given by God but am not sure who knows when the 14th day of the first month is. Do all Jews keep the same day as the 14th?

Since the Lord's Supper happend on Passover, I'd say you're correct. Of course we reformed Christians wouldn't want to keep a day Jesus kept, and said "do this in rememberance of me, would we????

Re: From Passover to easter.

Originally Posted by Br. Barnabas

Such as where is their Christological authorization, they are the bishops of the church the disciples of the Apostles they have the authority from Christ and the Apostles to bind and loose, in accordance with Matthew 18:18.